Nouns

cocksfoot

noun

widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass

cockatiel

noun

small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head

cockateel

noun

small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head

cockchafer

noun

any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetat...

cockaigne

noun

(Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness

cockatrice

noun

monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill...

cockcroft

noun

British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first spl...

cockleshell

noun

a small light flimsy boat

cocklebur

noun

any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs

cockloft

noun

a small loft or garret

cocksureness

noun

total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warr...

cockspur

noun

widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass

coccidioidomycosis

noun

an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessiv...

coccidiosis

noun

(veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia

cocci

noun

any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria

coccobacillus

noun

a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus...

cocozelle

noun

squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with...

codification

noun

a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written one...

coddler

noun

someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence

codling

noun

young codfish

coder

noun

a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

coelenterate

noun

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only...

coelenteron

noun

the saclike body cavity of a coelenterate

coelom

noun

a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in hum...

coelostat

noun

optical device used to follow the path of a celestial body a...

coenobite

noun

a member of a religious order living in common

coffeecake

noun

a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee

cofferdam

noun

large watertight chamber used for construction under water

coffeeberry

noun

evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red o...

cognate

noun

a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same...

cognisance

noun

having knowledge of

cognation

noun

(anthropology) related by blood

cognomen

noun

the name used to identify the members of a family (as distin...

coif

noun

the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)

coign

noun

expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up...

coigne

noun

expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up...

coir

noun

stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut

coiner

noun

a skilled worker who coins or stamps money

colewort

noun

a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a...

colchis

noun

(Greek mythology) a region on the Black Sea to the south of...

colchicum

noun

chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes pla...

colchicine

noun

an analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to...

colicroot

noun

any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grassl...

collaborationist

noun

someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force

collagenase

noun

any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gel...

collation

noun

a light informal meal

collectivist

noun

a person who belongs to the political left

collectivization

noun

the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of coll...

collembolan

noun

any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing...

collegian

noun

a student (or former student) at a college or university